Smart City Plans throw up a range of vision statements

Most of the cities aspire to be clean and
green; others to leverage heritage and other unique features

Stimulating economic development and inclusivity
common aim

Aligarh to promote communal harmony; NDMC to
emerge as a global bench mark capital city

Dahod to be a multi-functional tribal hub;
Ludhiana to be bicycle capital

Vizag to be a healthy metropolis; Lucknow to be
clean, green and efficient

Smart City Plans for 95 cities received in the Ministry of Urban Development
have thrown up a variety of vision statements ranging from becoming clean and
green to being a multi-functional tribal hub.

A perusal of Smart City Plans of 50 cities revealed that 11 cities aimed at
emerging as clean, green and sustainable cities followed by 9 cities seeking to
leverage rich cultural heritage legacy for stimulating development, 8 cities
stating economic growth and development upfront as the core of their vision and
the rest seeking to emerge as tourism hubs, port cities, education and health
hubs, industrial and institutional centres etc., taking advantage of unique
features and strengths of respective cities. Promoting economic development,
improving quality of life and enabling inclusive urbanization is mentioned as
part of the vision by most of the cities.

As required under the Mission Guidelines, each of the Mission Cities has
formulated City Vision Statement based on citizen consultations.

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in its vision statement aimed at emerging as
the global bench mark for a capital city.

Dahod (Gujarat) sought to emerge as a dynamic Dahod and a multi-functional
activity hub for tribals.

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) seeks to be a healthy metropolis while Warangal
in neighbouring Telangana is keen to emerge as vibrant regional economic hub
besides being clean and green.

Lucknow is keen about emerging as a clean, green and efficient citizen centric
city with a modern economy and outlook anchored in its tradition, heritage and
culture with better quality of life.

City vision statements State-wise are given
below:

Arunchal Pradesh:

Pasighat : A well managed clean, green, environment friendly city
with a character of its own defined by scenic beauty, intellectual capital,
eco-friendly tourism and an inclusive capital.

Andhra Pradesh:

Kakinada : To transform from Pensioners’ Paradise to economic
destination

Tirupati: A right place to live, work and visit with a high
quality core infrastructure in an inclusive manner, which is intelligently and
efficiently managed to convert the holy city into a smart city.

Bihar:

Biharshariff: To emerge as a tourism gateway

Chandigarh: Seeks to be an ideal city which is innovative,
distinct and dynamic, economically vibrant, accessible and livable.

Chattisgarh:

Bilaspur: To be the cultural capital of the city.

Goa:

Panaji: To be transformed into a world class, environmentally
sustainable and inclusive city while preserving its heritage, cultural
diversity and ecosystems through innovation and smart solutions.

Gujarat:

Gandhinagar: An institutional hub with diversified economic base
that provides equitable setting for all to live and work with better quality of
life and infrastructure.

Rajkot: To become a sustainable, modern, affordable, resilient and
technology driven smart city.

Surat: Providing equal access to best quality physical and social
infrastructure and efficient mobility through state of the art technology.

Vadodara: To be a sustainable and clean city with an efficient,
sophisticated, skilled and people centric administration offering best quality
services to its citizens.

Haryana:

Karnal : To become economically flourishing while embedded in
culture and history.

Himachal Pradesh:

Dharamshala: To be a smart, sustainable and resilient city with a
global imprint and enhanced quality of life for its residents.

Jharkhand:

Ranchi: To develop as an industrial centre through inclusive
growth practices to enhance quality of life by adopting smart and sustainable
methodology.

Karnataka:

Mangaluru: To be a clean and green port city, nurtured by a
vibrant community and educated and industrious citizens with pluralistic
cultural heritage and health care services, using eco-friendly technologies for
affordable, safe and quality urban life.

Davanagere: Aspires to be a city where LIFE nestles. L-Livable,
convenient and safe; I-Inclusive; F-Financially vibrant and futuristic;
E-Edutainment, Economic prosperity and Environment friendly.

Hubbali-Dharwad: To be the growth engine of North Karnataka by
unlocking city’s potential and leveraging locational advantage and human
resources.

Belagavi: A livable, inclusive and vibrant city with access for
all citizens to good quality and affordable physical and social infrastructure
and employment opportunities.

Sagar: Revitalize the city as a regional commercial mode creating
new business opportunities and vibrant living spaces for safe and connected
communities.

Maharashtra:

Kalyan –Dombivili: To facilitate a convenient living habitat for
its citizens with excellent transit facilities and enable easy access to other
parts of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Odisha:

Bhubaneswar: To promote responsible governance through
participatory decision-making and open access to information and technology.

Roukela: To develop as an industrial centre through inclusive
growth practices to enhance quality of life of the people by adopting smart and
sustainable methodology.

Puducherry:

Oulgaret: To emerge as the most preferred tourism and green
industry smart city evolved on the concept of ‘work-live-learn-play’
environment.

Punjab :

Amritsar: To be a vibrant heritage city with world class and
eco-friendly infrastructure leading to enhanced economic growth through
responsive resource management making it a clean and green city.

Rajasthan:

Jaipur: Aspires to leverage its heritage and tourism, through
innovative and inclusive solutions, to enhance the quality of life.

Kota: To ensure high quality life through creation of inclusive
social and economic opportunities, enabled by infrastructure and governance.

Udaipur: To be the ‘Eternal Udaipur’ and world’s favourite
lakeside heritage city.

Tamil Nadu:

Tiruppur: To be the textile and apparel smart city where
enterprise and social collaboration thrive helping its people live, learn and
work better by using leading technologies.

Thoothukudi: Most preferred port based and industrial smart city
evolved on the concept of ‘work-learn-live-play’ environment.

Tiruchirapalli: To be the transportation hub of Tamil Nadu with
state-of-art infrastructure, enhanced inter and intra city connectivity and
better quality of life.

Uttarakhand:

Dehradun: To establish the city as eco-friendly knowledge hub of
the region, infusing technology for providing timely and accurate information
to citizens and authorities for decision making and improving the ease of doing
business for promoting tourism.

Uttar Pradesh:

Agra: To further consolidate as a world class heritage city with
increased economic opportunities for all citizens.

Bareilly: To be an economically vibrant city with high public
safety, clean environment and eco-friendly mobility.

Kanpur: To enhance the identity of the city and provide better
quality of life through governance, social, spatial, economic and environmental
impacts.

Rampur: To unleash the full potential of the city besides emerging
as a clean, green and smart Rampur.

Moradabad: To make a global impression as a clean, green and smart
brass city with best quality of life for citizens.

Saharanpur: Promoting and developing local art and skills by
engaging citizens in smart development enabled by the use of technology in city
governance and management for better living.

West Bengal:

Bidhannagar: Clean, green, safe, socially embracing, livable and
progressive city attracting new age service professionals.

Durgapur: To be clean, green and smart Durgapur.

Haldia: To be the sustainable and smart port city. A city to enjoy
and grow.